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We also have Hobo spiders whose bite is supposed to be pretty nasty.

I frikkin' HATE Hobo spiders.

Brown Recluses suck, but Hobo spiders are like a Brown Recluse's big, scary brother who just got out of prison.

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I have never seen one. I've found a lot of spiders that look like recluses but have never been positive about it. The local paper did a story about Hobo spiders being here a few years ago though so I took their word for it.

I have arachnophobia but I pretty much learned to deal with it after living in a little cabin in SW New Mexico with large gaps under the doors. One of my first nights there I went up into the kitchen with flashlight in hand and saw a fuzzy black and white spider about 4"s in diameter on the wall. I decided I wasn't that hungry and went back to the lower level. Where I was sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag. It was either deal with it or lose it. lol

[Daffynition]

Bad spider!

Confirmed Range of The Hobo Spider - Tegenaria agrestis